AI
Dad jokes-as-a-service: Amazon patents "humorous" AI pun generator
Tech behemoth's potentially hyper-annoying innovation could let Alexa crack jokes and "cheer up" sad users.
Extremely Online
Meta
Zuck vs sweat: Meta's quest to stop perspiration destroying VR headsets
How did the company formerly known as Facebook respond when users claimed sweatiness was bricking their $500 devices?
ChatGPT
OpenAI boss Sam Altman vows to fix ChatGPT's em-dash addiction (and finally end LinkedIn's "is this AI writing" debate)
Will an upcoming GPT update finally stop the social media obsession with a punctuation mark that's become a meme of the AI age?
Tech culture
Crazy game: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne's mysterious lost video games
We dig into the forgotten and semi-mythical titles starring the legendary Prince of Darkness, who died yesterday aged 76.
Developer
"It really hurts!": Developers claim ChatGPT has been misgendering them
"Lately, I’ve even felt depressed - like the AI keeps mislabeling me and erasing who I am."
OpenAI
OpenAI developers demand NSFW "over-19" ChatGPT mode for adult users
Warning: Graphic and potentially upsetting content.
Social Media
"I'm struggling": Unemployment influencers and a new approach to LinkedIn jobhunting
Joe Emery is using his battles with mental health and the dire employment market to build a huge social media audience - and he's not the only one.
ChatGPT
OpenAI bins "sycophantic" ChatGPT update after "Glazegate" backlash
Sam Altman admits that GPT-4o has been sucking up to its users too intensely and takes surgent action to make it a bit less icky.
Extremely Online
The dark side of the LinkedIn AI action figure trend
Discover the true environmental impact of the craze that has gripped social media (and forgive us for taking part in it).
Elon Musk
Does Elon Musk want to become an "AGI dictator"?
OpenAI makes wild claims about its billionaire arch-rival as the battle to control superintelligence goes nuclear.
Extremely Online
Adobe joins Bluesky, gets pitchforked back to X
Photoshop maker bombarded with memes, criticism and an ancient Egyptian curse after trying to join the left-leaning social network.
p(doom)
Elon Musk makes frightening AI p(doom) apocalypse prediction
The doomer-in-chief is not at all confident that our species will survive the rise of the machines.